6 shahi from Persia of Shah Nadir, 1148-1160 AH [=1735-1747], 115[-]
Also known as: 6 shahi uit Perzië van sjah Nadir, 1148-1160 AH [=1735-1747], 115[-]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1737 - 1746
Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle, inscription in three lines: designation of the shah as sultan. Around the circle, a wide, smooth rim. Reverse: rhyming couplet in Arabic characters in two lines.
In the left part of the second line, mint mark: Isfahan. Lower left, date, partially legible: 115, final digit, below 5, not struck on the flan. Struck at Isfahan. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3792; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.9 cm x weight 6.94 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 1.9 cm x weight 6.94 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a circle, inscription in three lines: designation of the shah as sultan. Around the circle, a wide, smooth rim.
- Reverse
- rhyming couplet in Arabic characters in two lines. In the left part of the second line, mint mark: Isfahan. Lower left, date, partially legible: 115, final digit, below 5, not struck on the flan. Struck at Isfahan. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 6 shahi uit Perzië van sjah Nadir, 1148-1160 AH [=1735-1747], 115[-]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3792
- Museum classification
- coin
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